How Lauren Sanchez went from TV anchor to "the other woman"

On August 20, 2005, an audience of A-listers – including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jessica Alba – Lauren Sanchez, an "Extra" correspondent, sashayed down the aisle to tie the ties with their Hollywood mega Patrick Witesell.

The nymph was celebrated with a sexy rumba and a long kiss. As Sanchez told People, "I would always ask my friends," How do you know it's right? "Then when I met Patrick, I told them," I get it. ""

Fast forward until 2019 The blushing bride is now the "second woman" in the middle of what is the world's most expensive divorce, between Jeff Bezos and his wife 25 years MacKenzie.

As a source who has been friendly to Whitesall and Sanchez, Posten exclusively told: "None of this comes as a surprise. Patrick is one of the most beloved, talented and respected men in Hollywood. Nobody would say anything bad about him. [Before marrying, he] was the most qualified bachelor in Hollywood! All girls wanted him. "But we never really trusted Lauren. It's hard to put in words, but someone in Hollywood will tell you. "

Patrick and Lauren Whitesell WireImage

According to another source familiar with business, they had problems and separated, Patrick had been suspicious for a while. But he just understood The extension of Laurens' stores recently, MacKenzie Bezos also had his suspicions. "

After hanging up about nine months ago, Bezos and Sanchez spent several months enjoying the whole country, including romantic walks and five-star hotel movements, intimate dinner and flight in Bezos private $ 65 million jet dollars, according to the National Enquirer.

Posten can reveal the two also took a couple of trips to the famous Beauty Park Spa in Santa Monica, California, in October, where celebrity favorite "Nurse Jamie" Sherrill offers rejuvenating treatments including Botox, fillers and lasers.

Eventually, Sanchez couldn't keep the deal for himself, show friends Bezos X-rated selfies and sexs – including one who read, "I love you, living girl. I'll show you with my body, my lips and my eyes, very soon. "

Finally caught out, Sanchez and Bezos are in bondage for agree, said the source familiar with business.

"Lauren and Jeff are very much one thing, the source says." Jeff is an idiot for how he handled things, but this is the real deal. I will bet anything that they will marry. "

Meanwhile, Sanchez and Whitesell, who have a 12-year-old son, Evan, and a 10-year-old daughter, Ella, have both hired celebrity lawyer Laura Wasser to convey their own divorce.

" Although he and Lauren has two children, [Whitesell] is not about to be taken to the cleaners of her when she is likely to marry the world's richest man, "says a Hollywood insider.

This is far from Sanchez's humble beginnings. year-old is a third-generation Mexican-American who grew up in Albuquerque, NM, as she told Hollywood Reporter in 2017: "I used to sleep in the back of my grandmother's car when she was going to make clean houses."

As she grew up she went Sanchez went to California after graduating, attended El Camino Community College and then received a scholarship for the University of Southern California and then moved to Phoenix to serve as a local TV anchor and reporter before joining commented on national plays at "Extra" and Fox Sports.

"When I first became a reporter, I did it because there was no one else I thought looked like I said" Sanchez said to "Extra" last year. Her ambition drew attention to an "Extra" source for Posten.

"When Lauren came first, she was known as Wendy. She had a reddish-brown of a fire engine that cut so low it left nothing for the imagination. She was a driver and shaker even."

Meanwhile, she met Tony Gonzalez, a former tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, with whom she had a son, 17-year-old Nikko. She was also engaged to "NYPD Blue" actor Henry Simmons.

Lauren in Las Vegas in 2012. FilmMagic

Then she met Whitesell, the executive chairman of the media Powerhouse Talent Agency William Morris Endeavor (WME). "He was a real step up in the world from Tony," said the "Extra" source.

"[Sanchez is]" very clever about men – but not much else, "added the source." She couldn't really say many of the simplest words in the scripts. But she is energetic and super fun. She has a good body. She is a real guys girl. "

Whitesell and Sanchez were dated for two years before they married and thought their first child in 2005. That same year, Sanchez was the original presenter of the Fox show" So you think you can dance. "But, she remained and groaned after hearing that Cat Deeley would take over the gig because she was pregnant. (Fox leader later discussed the explanation, and insisted it was said in the joke of show producer Nigel Lythgoe.) [19659002] Sanchez returned to "Extra" 2009 as a weekend and special correspondent and brought "Good Day LA", a Fox affiliate morning show, from 2011 to 2017. She also made a number of movie shows, depicting news anchors for films like "White House Down, "Ted 2" and "We Purchased A Zoo."

More recently, Sanchez has been working as a helicopter pilot – she once told Hollywood Reporter that it was her "calling" – specialized in aerial photography.

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Bezos and Whitesell had joined the Amazon movie "Manchester by the Sea" 2016, which won Casey Affleck Oscar for Best Actor and Director Kenneth Lonergan Oscar for Best a original script

Sanchez and Whitesell were also neighbors with the bezose, with both couples who owned homes on Mercer Island, Wash.

Bezos made a game for Sanchez at a 2016 party party he threw with Matt Damon to celebrate "Manchester by the Sea," said the source acquainted with business.

As they learned each other, the helicopter pilot Sanchez and Bezos, who hold the space company Blue Origin, know each other tied over their love of flying. In fact, Patrick suggested that they work together on Blue Origin, and Bezos hired Sanchez to film the aerial photos promoting the company.

It was then that Bezos began pursuing Lauren seriously, a source told Sid Six. "He's like a teenager in love, totally beaten – and Lauren flourished his attention."

She also liked to flaunt her union with the richest man in the world.

A fox inspector in Los Angeles said "Lauren came a few months ago … and said she did a documentary on Jeff Bezos." Good Day LA "[producers] told her they would love to send a crew for to shoot her shot Jeff – but she told them, "Jeff is very private and he won't let anyone close to him but me." "(Amazon and Sanchez did not return calls seeking comments.)

In November 2018, Bezos and Sanchez their spouses about their business and were seen "making themselves teenagers" on Hollywood Power Spot Felix in Venice, California, Sid Six reported. Sanchez and Bezos also participated in the Golden Globe Awards last Sunday.

On Monday, Bezos published on Twitter that he and his wife split "after a long period of loving exploration and trial". But he and his wife were seen celebrating their 25th anniversary at a nightclub in Miami in September.) Now that the secret is out, Whitesell and MacKenzie Bezos have to figure out their next move.

Whitesell – whose customer list includes Christian Bale, Michelle Williams, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Costner and Jared Leto – "was in a rare position for a great player of power … he is now subject to a great media storm," another said Hollywood source near WME.

"He urges clients how to stay out of this kind of position. He has never had this kind of review before. People who are close to him say he's really embarrassed, especially because Bezos was a friend.

" And even worse, it is not that Patrick or his big customers can avoid Amazon and Bezos. "